Note: Descriptions are shown in the official language in which they were submitted.
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An erecting rig for a well pump
The invention relates to an erecting rig for a well pump
which comprises a string of several releasable coupled
risers, a hollow upright, and a drive mechanism releasable
mounted on the upright.
5 Well pumps are widely used as a means of water supply for
people who live in the country in developing nations and
dry zones around the globe. Usually they are actuated by
the force of muscle and they convey underground water up
from depths of as much as 100 m. The locations where well
10 pumps are erected normally are far out in the open country
and can be reached only by vehicles suitable for cross-
country driving.
Heavy hoisting tackle must be transported to the site of
such well pumps so far if they are to be erected, serviced,
lo or repaired. This requires an organization which will plan
and send the necessary groups of assembly workers and equip-
mint to the various sites, for all of which a lot of money
is needed. Often this is not available and consequently in
many cases the necessary service and repair worn on well
20 pumps remains undone.
It is, therefore, on object of the invention to develop a
simple, light, and inexpensive device preferably for supply
together with each well pump or group of pumps and to no-
main at or near the place of erection, preferably under
25 the supervision of a person responsible for pump operations
who should be able, without any special training, to erect
the device at the well pump, if required, and thereby at
least prepare the necessary maintenance or repair work.
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This object is met, in accordance with the invention, by an
erecting rig comprising a hollow upright, a head member and
a foot member fixed to top and bottom ends, respectively,
of the upright, a mast supported by said upright, guide
pulley means arranged at an upper end of said mast, a
pulling element passing around said pulley means and said
pulling element including connected elements extended
downward from said pulley means in parallel lines to each
other with said pulling element at one end having means for
suspension of a riser and at the other end having a connect
lion to a lifting device, said foot member being a ground
engaging member; said mast having its bottom abutted against
said foot member.
An erecting rig according to the invention for a certain
lifting capacity may be constructed to be much lighter in ,
weight and simpler in design so that it can be shipped and
erected more easily than any hoisting tackle used so far
for comparable purposes and of the same lifting height and
capacity. If the terrain is not too forbidding, a man of
average vigor will be able to carry the entire erecting rig
according to the invention and walk over rather long distances,
or he may transport it on a bicycle. under the respective
circumstances, therefore, a single erecting rig may be used
for several well pumps if they are not too far apart.
The necessary stability of the erecting rig at the place of
assembly is afforded because the mast is supported by the
upright of the pump. The upright in any case is made
sufficiently strong because of the load occurring during
operation of the pump. Consequently it can withstand also
those loads which may occur when -the erecting rig according
to the invention is mounted and used.
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The lifting device, for instance, may be a rope or cable
winch or a chain winch or any hoist-draw gear of convent
tonal design operating with intermittent wire clamping.
If the well pumps are not too deep and the string of risers
is correspondingly light, an additional rope may be provided
as the lifting device which is passed around at least one
additional deflecting device to be anchored at the upright
and which is then pulled by muscle power.
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Preferably at least an upper part of the mast is connected
undetachable to the deflecting device, pulling element,
and lifting device. Misuse and loss of the individual parts
of the erecting rig are thereby avoided. The undetachable
5 connection may be made simply by fittings which cannot be
removed at both ends of the pulling element which is passed
through the lifting and deflecting devices.
Moreover, it is convenient if the lifting device comprises
a hook-up device which can be anchored in such manner at
10 the upright that the pulling element enters the lifting
device at a location diametrically opposed to the axis of
the upright with reference to the mast axis. In this manner
bending torques occurring during the use of the erecting
rig according to the invention largely are kept off the
15 mast which substantially is loaded under pressure only so
that it may be given its slender and light configuration.
If the lifting device it embodied by a hoist-draw gear,
preferably it comprises an additional guide means by which
it it guided for vertical displacement along the mast.
20 This provides additional stabilization for the lifting de-
vice which is anchored at the upright and thus cannot swing
like a pendulum. That would make its handling more Defoe-
cult and disturb the symmetry of the pulling element with
respect to the mast axis.
25 The mast preferably is held in a head member and a foot
member both fixed or adapted to be fixed to the top and
bottom ends, respectively, of the upright.
The head member, for instance, is a plate formed with an
opening for insertion of the mast and including another
30 fixing place for anchoring the lifting device.
The deflecting device preferably comprises a guide pulley
the radius of which corresponds at least approximately to
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the distance between the axe of mat and upright. Thereby
the mast may be kept almost entirely free of bending loads
at any desired position of the pulling element.
Transportation of the erecting rig according to the invent
5 lion may be facilitated by dividing the mast into an upper
part to which the deflecting device is attached and a lower
part in the form of a riser. When a well pump is installed,
usually at least one riser is left over and may be used as
a component part of the mast.
10 Finally, it is advantageous if the pulling element includes
a croft at its one end associated with the upright. The
drive mechanism or a yoke for lifting the string of risers
selectively may be suspended from the croft.
The invention will be described further, by way of example,
15 with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
Fig. 1 is a lateral elevation, partly in vertical section,
of the parts of a well pump close to the ground and
above the ground and of an erecting rig according
to the invention, and0 Fig. 2 is an enlarged vertical sectional view of detailsshown in fig. 1.
The well pump has a concrete foundation 10 from which a
casing 12 extends down in vertical direction to the water-
bearing layer of the ground. The casing 12 is laterally
25 spaced around a string of risers 14 which it encloses and
which is composed of risers 14 coupled together by pipe
couplings 16 and centered in the casing 12 by star-like
support rings 18.
An upright 20 rests on the foundation 10, being screw-con-
30 netted to the same by a plate-shaped foot member 24. The
upright 20 also has a unilaterally projecting, plate-shaped
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head member 22 on which an intermediate housing 26 is fix-
Ed The housing comprises a water outlet 28 and carries a
drive mechanism 30.
In the embodiment shown the drive mechanism 30 is a gearing
S adapted to be driven by a hand crank 32 in order to drive
a shaft strand (not shown) which extends downwardly through
the string of risers and is coupled to a worm-like rotor.
The rotor operates in a worm-like stators disposed in the
lower end range of the casing 12 and adapted to be pulled
10 out through the casing together with the risers 14.
This design of a well pump is known from DE 31 32 260 Al
so that it need not be illustrated and described in detail
here, all the more so as a well pump embodied by an eccen-
trig worm gear pump is not of specific importance in the
15 present context. The well pump, for example, also may be a
cylinder pump. In this case the drive mechanism is so de-
signed that it converts the rotation of a hand crank or the
swinging of a pump handle into reciprocating up and down
movements of a plunger. Pumps of this kind are known
20 from the journal "World Water" of February pharaoh instance.
An erecting rig including a slender tubular mast 34 is co-
ordinate with the pump, the mast it composed of an upper
part 36 and a lower part 38. The lower part 38 is fully
identical with an excess riser 14, including the associated
25 pipe coupling. The overall height of the mast 34 is greater
at least by the height of the upright 20, than the length
of each individual riser 14 with its coupling 16.
A deflecting device 40 is arranged at the upper end of the
upper part 36. It comprises a guide pulley 42 whose axis
30 of rotation intersects the mast axis 44 and extends at
right angles with respect to the vertical plane containing
the axis 46 of the upright and the mast axis 44 in parallel
with the same, when in assembled condition as shown. The
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guide pulley 42 has a radius of deflection which corresponds
to the distance between the two axe 44 and 46. The upper
half of the guide pulley 42 is covered by a protective
hood 48.
5 A pulling element 50, a rope in the embodiment shown,
passes around the guide pulley 42. A chain could be used
instead. An annular fitting 52 is fastened to the one
strand of the pulling element 50 hanging above the upright
20, and a yoke 56 is suspended from this end by way of a
10 croft 54. The yoke 56 is formed in the middle with a
recess 58 which is open at the side and so dimensioned that
the yoke 56 may grip one riser 14 after the other below
its coupling 16 so as to withdraw the same from the casing
12 or lower it inside the casing 12. Instead of the yoke
15 56 the drive mechanism 30 may be suspended from the crow-
foot 54 for assembly or disassembly, making use of two
shaft ends, for example.
The other strand of the pulling element 50 passes through
a lifting device 60 shown as a commercially available hoist-
20 draw gear which comprises alternatingly operative clamping jaw pairs 62, an actuating lever 64, and a brake lever 66.
The lifting device 60 includes a hook-up device 68 in the
form of a hook and a tubular guide means 70 by means of
which it is guided at the lower part 38 of the mast 34 for
25 displacement in the longitudinal direction thereof. The
pulling element 50 is passed downwardly or laterally out
of the lifting device 60 and has another fitting 72 at its
end.
The lower part 38 of the mast 34 is inserted from above
30 through a circular opening 74 in the head member 22 of the
upright 20 and engages in a sleeve-like mount 76 formed at
the foot member 24. In this manner the entire mast 34 is
connected rigidly to the upright 20 so that no further
support is needed for the mast.
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Another fixing place 78 embodied by a hole is provided in
the head member 22. this hole lies on the same radius as
the center of the opening 74 which determines the position
of the axis 46 of the upright, starting from this axis 46.
5 The distance between centers of the fixing place 78 and
the axis 46 of the upright is twice as great as the spacing
of the center of the opening 74 from the axis of the up-
right. A chain 80 passes through the hole of fixing place 78
and the hiccup device 68 is hooked to this chain and so-
10 cured to the head member 22 of the upright 20 by a bolt 82.
If the lifting device is embodied by a rope or chain winch the hook-up device 68 may comprise a rigid type of tie fix-
Ed to the lifting device and adapted to be slid laterally
on the head member 22 so that the lifting device can be
15 coupled rigidly to the uproot by the hook-up device and
the head member 22.
As another alternative of the lifting device 60 as shown,
an additional rove 84 may be linked to the pulling element
50 and passes around at least one additional guide pulley
20 86 anchored at the upright 20. If desired, it may form a
tackle block together with a number of similar guide put-
toys, thus presenting another lifting device which is
operable by muscular power.
